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Python Rgonomics - 2025 Update

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python
Switching languages is about switching mindsets - not just syntax. New developments in python data science toolings, like polars and seaborn’s object interface, can capture the ‘feel’ that converts from R/tidyverse love while opening the door to truly pythonic workflows. (Updated from 2025 for new tools).
Jan 26, 2025

Role-Based Access Control for Quarto sites with Netlify Identity

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rmarkdown
workflow
A quick tech note on Netlify’s managed authentication solution
Nov 10, 2024

Crosspost: Data discovery doesn’t belong in ad hoc queries

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workflow
elt
crosspost
Data teams may struggle to quantify the benefits of good data documentation. But running countless ad hoc validation queries can incur both computational and cognitive cost.
Jul 18, 2024

Base Python Rgonomic Patterns

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python
tutorial
Getting comfortable in a new language is more than the packages you use. Syntactic sugar in base python increases the efficiency, and aesthetics of python code in ways that R users may enjoy in packages like glue and purrr. This post collects a miscellaneous grab bag of tools for wrangling, formatting (f-strings), repeating (list comprehensions), faking data, and saving objects (pickle)
Jan 20, 2024

Crosspost: Why You Need Data Documentation in 2024

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workflow
elt
crosspost
Data documentation isn’t a box to check; it’s an active member of your team with many jobs-to-be-done. In this cross-post with Select Star, I write about how effective documentation can be your data products’ developer advocate for users, project manager for developers, and chief of staff for data leaders
Jan 15, 2024
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